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Deposit

//dɪˈpɒzɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
"Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance."
2
the act of putting something somewhere wordnet
3
Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
4
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping wordnet
5
Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.

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6
a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met wordnet
7
Anything left behind on a surface.
"a mineral deposit"
8
matter that has been deposited by some natural process wordnet
9
A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
"They put down a deposit on the apartment."
10
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating wordnet
11
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
12
money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use wordnet
13
A place of deposit; a depository.
14
a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later wordnet
15
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution wordnet
16
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something wordnet

Verb

1
To lay down; to place; to put. transitive
"A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand."
2
put, fix, force, or implant wordnet
3
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
"to deposit goods in a warehouse"
4
put (something somewhere) firmly wordnet
5
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

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put into a bank account wordnet
7
To put money or funds into an account. transitive
"I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys."
8
To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
"reform and deposit his error"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin deposituslbor. English deposit Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot.

Etymology 2

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